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Taylor Swift's '1989' Remains at No. 1 for Third Week on Billboard 200

Taylor Swift's stunning new album 1989 album spends a third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it only the second album to spend three weeks atop the list in 2014. Only the Frozen soundtrack, which racked 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, spent longer at the top.

1989 sold 312,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 16, down just 22 percent in its third frame, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the first album to sell more than 300,000 copies in its first three weeks since Beyonce's self-titled effort in December 2013. Beyonce debuted at No. 1 with 617,000 (from only three days of sales), then spent a second (374,000) and third week (310,000) at No. 1.1989's total sales now stand at 2 million. It continues to rank as 2014's second-largest-selling album, behind the Frozen soundtrack (3.25 million). They are the only two albums to sell a million copies in 2014.